Amazon expected to unveil iPad competitor at Sept. 28 media event
The invitation-only event will be held next week, though the notices sent to members of the press gave no indication as to what the event will entail. It simply reads, "Please join us for an Amazon.com press conference."
The media briefing is scheduled to take place next Wednesday, Sept. 28, at 10 a.m. Eastern, and the event is widely expected to be the unveiling of a new Amazon-branded touchscreen tablet with a color LCD screen.
Though the device has not been officially confirmed, TechCrunch had a hands on review of the hardware earlier this month. They revealed the device will cost $250 and sport a 7-inch color touchscreen while running a customized build of the Google Android mobile operating system.
"The interface is all Amazon and Kindle," MG Siegler wrote. "Itâs black, dark blue, and a bunch of orange. The main screen is a carousel that looks like Cover Flow in iTunes which displays all the content you have on the device. This includes books, apps, movies, etc. Below the main carousel is a dock to pin your favorite items in one easy-to-access place. When you turn the device horizontally, the dock disappears below the fold."
The new Kindle will allegedly be priced the same as the Barnes & Noble Nook, a touchscreen tablet that also has a color screen, but focuses largely on reading content as opposed to Apple's plethora of more than 100,000 options on the iPad App Store. Apple does sell its own e-books for the iPad with the iBookstore.
Though the first tablet from Amazon is expected to be 7-inches, the company is reportedly also working on a 10-inch version that could arrive in early 2012. The iPad has a screen size of 9.7 inches, and Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has slammed competitors who make 7-inch tablets, saying that screen size is too small for the average user's fingertips.
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It's not the same thing without "and one more thing..."
"The main screen is a carousel that looks like Cover Flow in iTunes which displays all the content you have on the device. This includes books, apps, movies, etc. Below the main carousel is a dock to pin your favorite items in one easy-to-access place"
At least they choose a different Apple product to copy....
you can compare specs all you want but the kindle to ipad ratio in NYC is like 100 to 1 from what i see
rarely do i see an android tablet
So do we expect Apple to have an event next Tuesday or are we expecting the event to be on October 4th with an announcement next week?
you can compare specs all you want but the kindle to ipad ratio in NYC is like 100 to 1 from what i see
rarely do i see an android tablet
You see 100 Kindles before you see a single iPad? That seems like a wild exaggeration. I bet I see an Android tablet before I see 100 iPads simply from being in electronic stores.